Many look to be smashing coconuts just for the fun of smashing coconuts but for Hindu devotees smash coconuts on the roads along the Jalan Datuk Keramat Penang to symbolise “the breaking of one’s ego to reveal purity inside” Thousands of coconuts will be arranged on the roadside and smash them when Lord Muruga as a silver chariot inched its way along the crowded street. To see the magnificent video taken during the smashing coconuts on Thaipusam day 1